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This alliance brings together state department of education staff from Arizona, Nevada, and Utah to improve learning outcomes for English learner (EL) students. Specifically, the alliance seeks to build state capacity to use data and evidence in decisions about English learner programs and policies that are effective in promoting English fluency and subject matter content knowledge.

Goals and Objectives

The primary goal of the alliance is to significantly increase English learning (EL) student achievement and college- and career- readiness through better targeting of EL support programs as key to strengthening school improvement efforts. The alliance aims to:

Achieve greater understanding of the experience of ELs in alliance states, both academic (e.g., progress rates) and general education (e.g., program participation).

Promote a greater understanding of research-based programs and practices.

Increase the use of data in EL-related decision-making through dissemination of analytic results and discussion of their implications, both with alliance liaisons (state department of education staff) and wider audiences (e.g., state superintendents and school leaders).

Expand the organizational involvement beyond state departments of education to include districts and schools.